VICTORIA – The province and some First Nations have agreed to defer logging of old growth forests, while developing a new approach to sustainable forest […]
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BY JAMES STEIDLE Stop the Spray BC News of old-growth deferrals has set the press on fire with fears of catastrophic job losses. Besides the […]
BY DIANE NICHOLLS Chief Forester of B.C. VICTORIA – As we celebrate Canada’s National Forest Week, it’s time to reflect on the sector’s importance to […]
UNBC – Core areas within British Columbia’s inland temperate rainforest are at risk of ecosystem collapse within nine to 18 years if provincial logging practices […]
VICTORIA – Effective immediately, Shane Berg, British Columbia’s deputy chief forester, has set a new allowable annual cut (AAC) level for Tree Farm Licence (TFL) […]
UPDATE – The Forest Practices Board has postponed its audit of the forest planning and practices of Canfor on forest licence A15384 in the Mackenzie […]
An audit of BC Timber Sales (BCTS) and timber sale licence (TSL) holders in the Burns Lake Field Unit portion of BCTS’s Babine Business Area […]
BY HARRY BAINS Minister of Labour VICTORIA – We all know about or have personally felt the effects of the forestry industry’s downturn over the […]
Three organizations are voicing concern over Canfor’s plan to sell its forest tenure in the Fort Nelson area to Peak Renewables. The Canadian Centre for […]
Canfor has reached multi-year $30-million agreements with Peak Renewables involving the sale of the company’s forest tenure in the Fort Nelson region. The transactions are […]
Stop the Spray BC will be hosting a COVID-aware rally Thursday at the BC Ministry of Forests Office in Prince George opposing the continuation of […]
The BC Wildfire Service plans to pile and burn spruce beetle “trap trees” that were felled in the spring of 2020 within the Prince George […]
VICTORIA – Effective immediately, British Columbia’s chief forester, Diane Nicholls, has set new allowable annual cut (AAC) levels for the Timber Supply Area (TSA) 25 […]
Conservation North claims a section of inland rainforest, located 45 minutes east of Prince George, is slated for harvest. Members found flagging in the area […]
VICTORIA – A special investigation of reforestation in dry interior Douglas-fir (IDF) forests in the B.C. interior has found current efforts may not be leading […]
Pacific BioEnergy (PacBio) is turning to some B.C .forest history this summer while conducting ‘brushing and weeding’ activities under its silviculture responsibilities. PacBio is testing […]
Funding from the Forest Enhancement Society of BC (FESBC) is helping a small mill in the Bulkley Valley turn wood waste into products it can […]
BY PETER EWART AND DAWN HEMINGWAY Special to the News On June 23, hundreds of Mackenzie residents participated in a rally to speak out about […]
Premier John Horgan has appointed Ravi Kahlon, Parliamentary Secretary for Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, to lead the expansion and use of […]
BY BOB ZIMMER Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies MP On June 11, our local forestry sector was once again hit with devastating news with the announcement […]
The closure of the Paper Excellence pulp mill in Mackenzie has renewed Liberals’ criticism of the NDP government’s handling of the forest industry in B.C. […]
A new special investigation examining how forest and range practices are protecting fish habitat under the Forest and Range Practices Act has been released. Board […]
Pacific BioEnergy Corp. achieved another milestone Friday by planting its first seedling in the Bobtail Fire Biomass Recovery Area west of Prince George. In 2015, […]
The B.C. government is deferring one of the fees it charges to help people, communities and forest companies navigate through the COVID-19 crisis. Stumpage, the […]
New research suggests a backyard gardener’s tried and true method of ‘thinning’ could be beneficiary to tree growth and water supply, and ultimately help fight climate […]
The BC Liberals continue to argue that the NDP government should reduce stumpage rates to help the ailing forest industry. “We’ve got trouble in the […]
Displaced forestry workers can access direct, hands-on supports at job placement co-ordination offices now open in five Interior communities. These dedicated offices are in 100 […]
Under fire for its handling of the forest industry crisis in the province, the provincial government announced Monday it has sent cash to some affected […]
Keeping wood fibre from being burned in slash piles is the goal of a slew of projects being delivered through the Forest Enhancement Society of […]
The province has unveiled a new plan, called apportionment, for distributing timber in the Quesnel Timber Supply Area. “Today’s announcement gives communities and Indigenous Nations […]
An audit of non-renewable forest licence A91154, held by the Saik’uz First Nation, near Vanderhoof, has found compliance with the Forest and Range Practices Act […]
Canfor will soon be a private company. The company has entered into an arrangement agreement with Great Pacific Capital Corp., owned by Jimmy Pattison. The […]
The province has approved the transfer of Conifex’s forest licence in the Fort St. James area to Fort St. James Forest Products, a subsidiary of […]
Victoria has announced another step in its support plan for contractors, workers and communities impacted by indefinite and permanent mill closures in B.C.’s Interior. Victoria […]
BY DAWN HEMINGWAY Stand for the North Committee Enough is Enough was the banner headline on the poster advertising a meeting on the future of […]
BY PETER EWART As is well known, the state of the forest industry and the forests themselves in British Columbia has deteriorated in the last […]
Conservation North, a Prince George-based environmental group, is hosting a lively social event – Enough is Enough – at Trench Brewery this Thursday night to […]
BY AL BIEKSA USW Local 2009 Every good chess player knows about sacrificing their pawns. A player sacrifices a pawn to get a kingside space […]
The revelation this week at Victoria has put the Rural Dividend program on hiatus has drawn the ire of some Interior mayors and the B.C. […]
With forest companies announcing temporary and permanent shut downs seemingly every week, there is one forest company that is expanding. The Brink Group – which […]
A day after the province announced a $69 million package to help forest workers affected by the downturn in the industry, Tolko has announced it […]
West Fraser will introduce ‘variable operating schedules’ at five of its British Columbia sawmills, starting next week. The operating schedules at these sawmills will vary […]
Canfor has told its employees at PG Pulp and Paper that the plant will be down for two more weeks. The shut down follows a […]
BY BILL PHILLIPS Writer’s Block Nechako Lakes MLA John Rustad has been an outspoken critic of Forests Minister Doug Donaldson … to put it mildly. […]
The BC Wildfire Service plans to burn piles of accumulated woody debris at a site in the Prince George Fire Zone, as part of ongoing […]
Canfor has announced its Houston, Polar, Prince George and Fort St. John sawmills will be shut down for one week, starting September 3. In addition, […]
The forest industry seems to be facing existential threats every day in this province. The industry in Mackenzie, however, faces an additional, truly existential threat […]
The message was very simple. “Our logs, our jobs,” was the theme and the chant of close to 1,000 people who marched through the streets […]
A busload of forest professionals are touring through northern B.C. this week. What makes this busload different is that they are all from Sweden. The […]
Tolko Industries has announced that its Armstrong lumber, Armstrong plywood, and White Valley veneer operations will take downtime from August 17 to September 2. The […]
BY PETER EWART Special to the News What is happening to Mackenzie and other forestry manufacturing communities in the province of British Columbia is completely […]
BY PETER EWART Special to the News Residents of Mackenzie are taking action to respond to the closure of the Canfor mill in Mackenzie, as […]
Conifex Timber announced today that it is extending the temporary shut down of its Mackenzie sawmill operations for three weeks until September 3. The company […]
You won’t get any argument from John Brink about how bad the forest industry crisis is in B.C. “In the 55 years I’ve been here, […]
Sinclar Group Forest Products Ltd. close its sawmill operations in Vanderhoof, Fort St. James and Prince George for two weeks, starting August 19. “As a […]
Canfor announced Thursday it will be indefinitely closing its sawmill in Mackenzie and permanently cutting one shift at its Isle Pierre sawmill. The Mackenzie closure […]
Effective July 16, the new allowable annual cut (AAC) for the Fort Nelson Timber Supply Area (TSA) is 2,582,350 cubic metres, announced Shane Berg, deputy […]
With mill closures front-and-centre in most Interior communities, the province unveiled plans it hopes will ensure more logs are processed in the province. The province […]